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PhDs Completed
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2008
Hannah H. Chang
Harvard University (Biophysics) "Non-genetic Heterogeneity
in Mammalian Cell Fate Determination"
Advisors: Sui Huang, M.D., Ph.D. and Donald E. Ingber, M.D.,
Ph.D.
Sarah E. Henrickson
Harvard University (Division of Medical Sciences - Immunology) "Dynamics of T cell activation in vivo"
Advisor: Ulrich von Andrian, Ph.D.
Joseph A. Ladapo
Harvard University (Health Policy) “Cost-effectiveness of 64-slice Computed Tomography in Cardiac Care and an Analysis of the Adoption and Diffusion of a New Technology”
Advisor: G. Scott Gazelle, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D.
Ken Y. Lin
Harvard University (Biophysics) “Molecular Imaging of Pancreatic Cancer Microenvironment: Implications on Therapy”
Advisor: Umar Mahmood, M.D., Ph.D.
Alexander Marson
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Biology) “Programming and Reprogramming Cellular Identity”
Advisors: Richard Young, Ph.D. and Rudolf Jaenisch, M.D.
Sam Y-M. Ng
Harvard University (Division of Medical Sciences - Immunology) "Ikaros and Mi-2beta mediated hematopoietic lineage determination"
Advisor: Katia Georgopoulos, Ph.D.
Kush M. Parmar
Harvard University (Division of Medical Sciences – Pathology) “Kruppel-like factor 2 as a Central Link Between Blood Flow and Vascular Endothelial Function”
Advisor: Guillermo Garcia-Cardena, Ph.D.
Carlos R. Ponce
Harvard University (Division of Medical Sciences – Neuroscience) “Integrating Visual Information Through Parallel Pathways”
Advisor: Richard Born, M.D.
Jubin W. Ryu
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Biology) “The
roles of myosin II and rap2 in synaptic structure and function”
Advisor:
Morgan H. Sheng, M.B.B.S., Ph.D.
Kevin A. Shapiro
Harvard University (Psychology) “On the instantiation of grammatical categories in the brain”
Advisor: Alfonso Caramazza, Ph.D.
Rebecca J. Spencer
Harvard University (Division of Medical Sciences – Genetics) “Identification
of an Xist RNA binding protein and a novel genetic element at the X inactivation
center”
Advisor: Jeannie T. Lee, M.D., Ph.D.
2007
José O. Alemàn
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Medical Engineering) “Gluconeogenesis as a System: Development of in vivo Flux Analysis of Hepatic Glucose Production in Type 2 Diabetes”
Advisor: Gregory Stephanopoulos, Ph.D.
Milan Bajmoczi
Harvard University (Division of Medical Sciences – Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology) “Internalization of Pseudomonas aeruginosa by Non-polarized and Polarized Epithelial Cells: a CFTR- and Caveolin-1-dependent Process”
Advisor: David E. Golan, M.D., Ph.D.
Brinda Balakrishnan
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (HST MEMP) “Computational Modeling of Local Intravascular Drug Delivery”.
Advisor: Elazer R. Edelman, M.D., Ph.D.
Yeang H. Ch'ng
Harvard University (Division of Medical Sciences - Neuroscience) “Functional Imaging of Cellular and Vascular Activity in Visual Cortex”
Advisor: R. Clay Reid, M.D., Ph.D.
Kyle K-H. Farh
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Biology) “Targeting and Function of Mammalian MicroRNAs”
Advisor: David P. Bartel, Ph.D.
Adam A.L. Friedman
Harvard University (Division of Medical Sciences – Genetics) “Genomic dissection of receptor tyrosine kinase activation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase in Drosophila”
Advisor: Norbert Perrimon, Ph.D.
Lilit Garibyan
Harvard University (Division of Medical Sciences – Pathology) “The Role of TACI Mutations in Common Variable Immunodeficiency”
Advisor: Raif S. Geha, M.D.
Raj K. Gopal
Harvard University (Division of Medical Sciences – Neuroscience) “Regulation of DNA Double-Strand Break Repair by Parkin”.
Advisor: Bruce A. Yankner, M.D., Ph.D.
Clara Y. Han
Harvard University (Medical Anthropology) “Life in Debt: Depression and Survival in Chile’s Market Democracy”
Advisor: Arthur M. Kleinman, M.D.
Todd M. Herrington
Harvard University (Division of Medical Sciences – Neuroscience) “Attentional Shifts in Parietal Cortex and Behavior”
Advisor: John A. Assad, Ph.D.
Arindel S. Maharaj
Harvard University (Division of Medical Sciences – Pathology) “Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor is Required for Vascular and Tissue Homeostasis”
Advisor: Patricia A. D’Amore, Ph.D.
Anthony A. Philippakis
Harvard University (Biophysics) “An Integrated Computational Approach for the Determination of Metazoan Cis Regulatory Codes and Cis Regulatory Modules”
Advisor: Martha L. Bulyk, Ph.D.
Sashank K. Reddy
Harvard University (Biophysics) “Ubiquitination by the Anaphase-Promoting Complex Drives Spindle Checkpoint Inactivation”
Advisor: Marc W. Kirschner, Ph.D.
Daniel P. Seeburg
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Biology) “The Role of Polo-like kinase 2 in Synaptic Function and Plasticity”
Advisor: Morgan H. Sheng, M.B.B.S., Ph.D.
Erica Seiguer
Harvard University (Health Policy) “Innovation and Incentives in Pharmaceutical Research and Development”
Advisor: Richard G. Frank, Ph.D.
Elizabeth H. Stover
Harvard University (Division of Medical Sciences – Genetics) “FIP1L1-PDGFRalpha, a tyrosine kinase fusion protein involved in chronic eosinophilic leukemia”
Advisor: D. Gary Gilliland, M.D., Ph.D.
Zuzana Tothova
Harvard University (Division of Medical Sciences – Genetics) “The Role of Forkhead Transcription Factors in Hematopoiesis and Leukemogenesis”
Advisor: D. Gary Gilliland, M.D., Ph.D.
Jennifer B. Villaseñor
Harvard University (Division of Medical Sciences – Immunology) “The repertoire of Aire-regulated peripheral tissue antigens in single thymic medullary epithelial cells”
Advisor: Diane V. Mathis, Ph.D.
Shannon C. Wieland
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Mathematics) “Computational, Statistical and Graph-Theoretical Methods for Disease Mapping and Cluster Detection”
Advisor: Bonnie Berger, Ph.D.
Marc N. Wein
Harvard University (Division of Medical Sciences – Immunology) “Regulation of Immunobiology and Skeletal Biology by the Zinc Finger Adaptor Protein Schnurri-3”
Advisor: Laurie H. Glimcher, M.D.
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2006
Zarine R. Balsara
Harvard University (Division of Medical Sciences - Immunology) "The interaction of Chlamydia trachomatis with mammalian host cells".
Advisor: Michael N. Starnbach, Ph.D.
Savita V. Dandapani
Harvard University (Division of Medical Sciences - Genetics) "Role of alpha-actinin-4 in the kidney"
Advisor: Martin R. Pollak, M.D.
John P. Dekker
Harvard University (Division of Medical Sciences - Neuroscience) "Molecular Analysis of Gating in Voltage Dependent Ion Channels".
Advisor: Gary I. Yellen, Ph.D.
Anna F. Farago
Harvard University (Division of Medical Sciences - Microbiology and Molecular Genetics) "Uncovering Molecular and Spatial Predictors of Brainstem Neuron Identity"
Advisor: Susan M. Dymecki, M.D., Ph.D.
Brendan D. Galvin
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Biology) "The Regulation of Programmed and Pathological Cell Death in C. elegans"
Advisor: H. Robert Horvitz, Ph.D.
John R. Greenland
Harvard University (Division of Medical Sciences - Virology) " Vaccine antigen expression and immune responses "
Advisor: Norman Letvin, M.D.
Brian P. Hafler
Harvard University (Division of Medical Sciences - Neuroscience) “ Transcriptional Regulation of Olig2 in Motor Neuron Development”
Advisor: David H. Rowitch, M.D., Ph.D.
Nicholas E. Houstis
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Biology) “ Reactive oxygen species play a causal role in multiple forms of insulin resistance ”
Advisor: Eric Lander, Ph.D.
John W. Hanna
Harvard University (Division of Medical Sciences - Cell and Developmental Biology) "Functional Analysis of Ubp6, a Proteasome-Associated Deubiquitinating Enzyme"
Advisor: Daniel J. Finley, Ph.D.
Vidyasagar Koduri
Harvard University (Biophysics) "Folding and Maturation of Lipoprotein Receptors"
Advisor: Stephen C. Blacklow, M.D., Ph.D.
Christina E. Mills
Harvard School of Public Health (Infectious Disease - Epidemiology) "Transmission and Control of Pandemic Influenza".
Advisor: Marc Lipsitch, D.Phil.
Robert S. Ohgami
Harvard University (Division of Medical Sciences - Cell and Developmental Biology) "Identification and characterization of the Steap family of metalloreductases"
Advisor: Mark D. Fleming, M.D., D. Phil.
Patrick K. Safo
Harvard University (Division of Medical Sciences - Neuroscience) "The Role of Endocannabinoids in Synaptic Plasticity as the Granule Cell to Purkinje Cell Synapse"
Advisor: Wade G. Regehr, Ph.D.
Lakshminarayan Srinivasan
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Electrical Engineering and Computer Science) "From Thought to Action"
Advisor: Emery N. Brown, M.D., Ph.D. and Sanjoy Mitter, Ph.D.
Anna L. Stevens
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Biological Engineering Division) "Mechanical injury and inflammatory cytokines affect cartilage matrix integrity and tissue homeostatis: A mass spectrometric analysis of proteins with relevance to arthritis"
Advisor: Steven R. Tannenbaum, Ph.D.
Bryan K-H. Sun
Harvard University (Division of Medical Sciences - Genetics) "Mechanisms of Tsix-mediated repression of Xist"
Advisor: Jeannie T. Lee, M.D., Ph.D.
Vesselin T. Tomov
Harvard University (Division of Medical Sciences - Genetics) "Codon-Optimized and Reporter-Packaging Strains of HIV-1"
Advisor: Brian Seed, Ph.D.
Leo L. Tsai
Harvard University (Biophysics) "Development of a Low-Field 3He MRI System to Study Posture-Dependence of Pulmonary Function"
Advisor: Ronald L. Walsworth, Jr., Ph.D.
Ellen Yeh
Harvard University (Biophysics) "Enzymatic Halogenation During Natural Product Biosynthesis"
Advisor: Christopher T. Walsh, Ph.D.
Glenn C-W. Yiu
Harvard University (Division of Medical Sciences - Neuroscience) "Signaling Mechanisms Limiting Axon Regeneration in the Adult Central Nervous System"
Advisor: Zhigang He, Ph.D., B.M.
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2005
Andrew J. Aguirre
Harvard University (Division of Medical Sciences - Genetics) “Genetic Determinants of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma”
Advisor: Ronald A. Depinho, M.D., Ph.D.
Siraj M. Ali
Harvard University (Biophysics) “A Tale of Two mTor Complexes”
Advisor: David Sabatini, M.D., Ph.D
Jakob Begun
Harvard University (Division of Medical Sciences – Microbiology and Molecular Genetics) “Investigating the host-pathogen interaction using a Staphylococcus-Caenorhabditis elegans model system”
Advisor: Frederick M. Ausubel, Ph.D.
David A. Berry
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Biological Engineering) “Glycosaminoglycan regulation of cell function”
Advisor: Robert S. Langer, Ph.D.
Irene A. Chen
Harvard University (Biophysics) “Building a Protocell: Physical Aspects and Emergent Behaviors”
Advisor: Jack W. Szostak, Ph.D.
Phillip A. Erwin
Harvard University (Division of Medical Sciences - Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology) “Dynamic S-Nitrosylation of Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase in Vascular Endothelial Cells”
Advisor: Thomas Michel, M.D., Ph.D
Jean-Marc Gauguet
Harvard University (Division of Medical Sciences – Pathology) “Normal and Malignant Lymphocyte Migration: Glycosyltransferases and Integrins in Lymphocyte Homing & CXCR4 Inhibition of Multiple Myeloma”
Advisor: Ulrich von Andrian-Werburg, M.D., Ph.D.
Robert S. Griffin
Harvard University (Division of Medical Sciences - Neuroscience) “Gene expression associated with neuropathic pain”
Advisor: Clifford Woolf, Ph.D.
Robert S. Hagan
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Biology) “Regulation of the Spindle Checkpoint by Mad2 Binding Proteins”
Advisor: Peter Sorger, Ph.D.
Ashutosh P. Jadhav
Harvard University (Division of Medical Sciences – Genetics) “Regulation of vertebrate retinal development by the Notch signaling pathway”
Advisor: Connie L. Cepko, Ph.D.
David H. Jung
Harvard University (Division of Medical Sciences – Genetics) “Cis-acting elements controlling antigen receptor gene assembly”
Advisor: Frederick W. Alt, Ph.D
Junne Kamihara
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Biology) “Studies at the Hemochromatosis (HFE) Locus: Gene conversions, Haplotypes, and an Association Analysis”
Advisor: David E. Houseman, Ph.D.
Rita Khodosh
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Biology) “Beach1 Functionally Antagonizes Rab11 During Development and in Regulating Synaptic Morphology”
Advisor: Paul A. Garrity, Ph.D.
Bradley J. Molyneaux
Harvard University (Division of Medical Sciences – Neuroscience) “Molecular Development of Corticospinal Motor Neurons”
Advisor: Jeffrey D. Macklis, M.D.
Sahar Nissim
Harvard University (Division of Medical Sciences - Cell and Developmental Biology) “Signaling Centers in Early Limb Development”
Advisor: Clifford J. Tabin, Ph.D.
Carlos F. Paz
Harvard University (Division of Medical Sciences - Cell and Developmental “Circadian Clock Function in the Mammalian Retina”
Advisor: Charles J. Wietz, M.D., Ph.D.
James Rhee
Harvard University (Division of Medical Sciences – Genetics) “Partnership of HNF4a with the transcriptional coactivator PGC-1a in the regulation of hepatic glucose and lipid homeostasis”
Advisor: Bruce M. Spiegelman, Ph.D.
Douglas Rubinson
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Biology) “Knocked Down and Knocked Out: A lentiviral system for RNAi transgenesis and the Ena/VASP triple-knockout uncovers functions in mouse development”
Advisor: Frank B. Gertler, Ph.D.
Safa Sadeghpour
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Brain & Cognitive Sciences) “NMDA Normalization in Hippocampal Neurons: Activity-Dependent, Temporal, and Spatial Properties”
Advisor: Guosong Liu, M.D., Ph.D.
Jay A. Shendure
Harvard University (Division of Medical Sciences – Genetics) “Multiplex Genome Sequencing and Analysis”
Advisor: George M. Church, Ph.D
Benjamin D. Sommers
Harvard University (Health Policy) “The dynamics of public and private health insurance coverage in the United States”
Advisor: Joseph P. Newhouse, Ph.D.
David Y. Takeda
Harvard University (Division of Medical Sciences – Pathology) “Regulation of Mammalian Replication Initiators During the Cell Cycle”
Advisor: Anindya Dutta, Ph.D.
Cullen M. Taniguchi
Harvard University (Division of Medical Sciences - Cell and Developmental) “The Dissection of Insulin Signaling Isoforms In Vivo: Molecular Mechanisms of Hepatic Insulin Action”
Advisor: C. Ronald Kahn, M.D., D.Sc.
Griffin M. Weber
Harvard University (Engineering & Applied Sciences) “Data representation and algorithms for biomedical informatics applications”
Advisor: Lucila Ohno-Machado, M.D., Ph.D.
Ernest N. Yeh
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Electrical Engineering and Computer Science) “Advanced Image Reconstruction in Parallel Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Constraints and Solutions”
Advisor: Daniel K. Sodickson, M.D., Ph.D
Lisa M. Zakhary
Harvard University (Division of Medical Sciences – Neuroscience) “Anatomical and Functional Analysis of MicroRNAs in Mammalian Olfactory Neurogenesis”
Advisor: Catherine Dulac, Ph.D.
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2004
Vassilios J. Bezzerides
Harvard University (Committee on Biophysics) "Rapid Translocation of the TRPC5 Ion Channel: Implications for Growth Cone Motility"
Advisor: David E. Clapham, MD, PhD
Emanuela Binello
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Medical Engineering Medical Physics- Nuclear Engineering) “Role of Peroxisome Proliferator-activated Receptors in Mechanisms of Rejection in Heart Transplantation”
Advisor: Richard N. Mitchell, MD, PhD
Jay Hwan Chyung
Harvard University (Division of Medical Sciences – Neuroscience) "Cell Surface Events in the Amyloidogenic Processing of the Amyloid Precursor Protein"
Advisor: Dennis J. Selkoe, MD
Jason I. Comander
Harvard University (Division of Medical Sciences-Cell and Developmental Biology) "Transcriptional and Functional Modulation of the Endothelial Cell Inflammatory Response by a Biomechanical Stimulus"
Advisor: Michael A. Gimbrone, Jr., MD
Sophie C. Currier
Harvard University (Division of Medical Sciences-Neuroscience) "Genetics of Walker-Warburg Syndrome: A Disorder of Brain, Muscle and Eye Development"
Advisor: Chris A. Walsh, MD, PhD
Thomas A.S. Deuel
Harvard University (Division of Medical Sciences-Neuroscience) “Doublecortin and the Doublecortin-like Kinase in CNS Development and Plasticity”
Advisor: Chris A. Walsh, MD, PhD
Yonatan H. Grad
Harvard University (Division of Medical Sciences-Genetics) “Computational analysis and prediction of regulatory sequences in bilaterians”
Advisor: George M. Church, PhD
Jeremy A. Greene
Harvard University (History of Science) “The Therapeutic Transition: Pharmaceuticals and the Marketing of Chronic Disease”
Advisor: Allan Brandt, Ph.
Sanjiv Harpavat
Harvard University (Division of Medical Sciences – Neuroscience) “Roles of Thyroid Hormones in Chick Retinal Development”
Advisor: Constance L. Cepko, PhD
Arlo J. Miller
Harvard University (Division of Medical Sciences-Cell and Developmental Biology) “The Regulation of Melanoma Antigens by the Microphthalmia Transcription Factor”
Advisor: David E. Fisher, MD, PhD
David T. Miyamoto
Harvard University (Division of Medical Sciences-Cell and Developmental Biology) "Probing the Functions of Kinesins in Mitosis"
Advisor: Timothy J. Mitchison, PhD
Jonathan S. Thierman
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Medical Engineering Medical Physics) “Sources of Difference Frequency Sound in a Dual-Frequency Imaging System with Implications for Monitoring Thermal Surgery”
Advisor: Kullervo H. Hynynen, PhD
Jacob W. Ulm
Harvard University (Division of Medical Sciences - Genetics)
“Elucidation of retroviral capsid residues involved in modulation of murine and human cell post-entry restriction”
Advisor: Richard C. Mulligan, PhD
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2003
Francis J. Alenghat
Harvard University (Biophysics) “Mechanotransduction Through Integrins”/
Advisor: Donald E. Ingber, MD, PhD
Scott D. Boyd
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Biology) “p53: Two Target Genes, and a Regulatory Mechanism”
Advisor: Tyler E. Jacks, PhD
Martin D. Burke
Harvard University (Chemistry & Chemical Biology) “A Synthesis Strategy for Generating Diverse Skeletons of Small Molecules Combinatorially”
Advisor: Stuart L. Schreiber, PhD
Bradley C. Carthon
Harvard University (Division of Medical Sciences-Genetics)“D-Type Cyclin Specificity in Murine Development”
Advisor: Piotr Sicinski, MD
Christopher W. Connor
Massachusetts Institute of Technolgoy (Medical Engineering and Medical Physics) “Simulation Methods and Tissue Porperty Models for Non-invasive Transcranial Focused Ultrasound Surgery”
Advisor: Kullervo Hynynen, PhD
Andrew E.H. Elia
Harvard University (Division of Medical Sciences-Cell and Developmental Biology) “Proteomic Screen Reveals that the Polo-box Domain is a Phosphoserine/threonine-binding Module”
Advisor: Lewis C. Cantley, PhD
Kumaran Kolandaivelu
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Medical Engineering and Medical Physics) “The Development and Application of an In Vitro Model of Coronary Lesion Thrombosis “
Advisor: Elazer R. Edelman, MD, PhD
Gabriela Motyckova
Harvard University (Division of Medical Sciences-Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology) “Microphthalmia Transcription Factor Family Target Genes in Osteoclasts”
Advisor: David E. Fisher, MD, PhD
Jonathan G. Murnick
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Electrical Engineering and Computer Science) “Local Interactions Between Pre-Synaptic Activity and Post-Synaptic Properties of Excitatory Synapses in the Hippocampus”
Advisor: Guosong Liu, PhD
Hien Thanh Tran
Harvard University (Division of Medical Sciences-Neuroscience) “A Role for Forkheads Transcription Factors in the Response to Stress”
Advisor: Michael E. Greenberg, PhD
Thanh-Nga T. Tran
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Chemical Engineering) “Development of Reversible "Smart" Surfaces for Biomedical and Nanotechnological Applications”
Advisor: Robert S. Langer, PhD
Victoria E. Wang
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Biology) “Investigating the Role of Oct-1 in Development and Lymphopoiesis” /
Advisor: Phillip A. Sharp, PhD
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2002
Teresa H. Chae
Harvard University (Division of Medical Sciences-Neuroscience) “Genetic and Phenotypic Analysis of the hyh Mouse Mutant” /
Advisor: Chris A. Walsh, MD, PhD
Sandeep R. Datta
Harvard University (Division of Medial Sciences-Microbiology and Molecular Genetics) “Coupling Growth Factors to the Apoptotic Machinery: Biochemical and Genetic Elucidation of the PI-3-Kinase/Akt/BAD Survival Signaling Cascade”
Advisor: Michael E. Greenberg, PhD
Anita Goel
Harvard University (Physics) “Single Molecule Dynamics of Motor Enzymes Moving Along DNA”
Advisor: Dudley R. Herschbach, PhD
Anna Greka
Harvard University (Division of Medical Sciences-Neuroscience) “TRP Channels and the Cytoskeleton: Implications for Neuronal Growth and Cellular Motility”
Advisor: David E. Clapham, MD, PhD
Edmund A. Griffin
Harvard University (Division of Medical Sciences-Neuroscience) “Light, Cryptochrome, and Circadian Clocks”
Advisor: Charles J. Weitz, MD, PhD
Chao-Wei Hwang
Massachusetts Institute of Technology-Medical Engineering and Medical Physics) “Local Pharmacokinetics of Stent-Based Drug Delivery”
Advisor: Elazer R. Edelman, MD, PhD
Wynn H. Kao
Harvard University (Division of Medical Sciences-Genetics) “Degradation of E6AP in the Absence and Presence of HPV E6 ”
Advisor: Peter M. Howley, MD
Samuel G. Katz
Harvard University (Division of Medical Sciences-Genetics) “Regulation of Hematopoietic and Cardiac Development Mediated by the GATA Transcription Cofactor FOG-1”
Advisor: Stuart H. Orkin, MD
William T. Kimberly
Harvard University (Division of Medical Sciences-Neuroscience) “Intermembrane Proteolysis and Signal Transduction: The Gamma-Secretase Complex and its Connection to Alzheimer's Disease”
Advisor: Dennis J. Selkoe, MD
Rahul M. Kohli
Harvard University (Division of Medical Sciences-Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology) “Macrocyclization Catalysis by Excised Thioesterase Domains from Natural Product Synthetases”/
Advisor: Christopher T. Walsh, PhD
Mayra E. Lorenzo
Harvard University (Division of Medical Sciences-Virology) “Downregulation of MHC Class I Molecules by Herpesviruses: Usurpation of Intracellular Trafficking Pathways”
Advisor: Hidde L. Ploegh, PhD
Kenway Louie
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Biology) “Mnemonic Information in the Rodent Hippocampus during Wake and Sleep States”
Advisor: Matthew A. Wilson, PhD
Carolyn I. Rodriguez
Harvard University (Division of Medical Sciences-Neuroscience) “Innovating Genetic Technology to Map the Origin of the Precerebellar System:”
Advisor: Susan M. Dymecki, MD, PhD
Gisela M. Sandoval
Harvard University (Division of Medical Sciences-Neuroscience) “Molecular Genetic Analysis of an Interaction between the Vesicular Acetylcholine Transporter and Synaptobrevin in Caenorhabditis Elegans”
Advisor: Gary B. Ruvkun,. PhD
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2001
Ruben Steven C. Fragoso
Harvard University (Division of Medical Sciences-Immunology) “Reconstitution of CD8 Single Positive T Cells Using a Chimeric CD8a-Lck Co-receptor Chain”
Advisor: Steven J. Burakoff, MD
Michael W-C. Su
Harvard University (Division of Medical Sciences-Immunology) “Characterization of Signaling Pathways Induced by Agonist and Altered Peptide Ligands in the Fratricide of CD8+Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes”
Advisor: Steven J. Burakoff, MD
Alexandre R. Carter
Harvard University (Division of Medical Sciences-Neuroscience)“Neurotrophin Modulation of Cerebellar Development and Synaptic Plasticity”
Advisor: Roslyn Segal, MD, PhD
Lisa A. Catapano
Harvard University (Division of Medical Sciences-Neuroscience) “Stage-Specific Control over Neocortical Callosal Projection Neuron Survival and Differentiation
Advisor: Jeffrey Macklis, MD
Benjamin E. Gewurz
Harvard University (Division of Medical Sciences-Immunology) “Viral Immune Evasion: A Structural Approach”
Advisor: Hidde Ploegh, PhD
Heather L. Hinds
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Brain & Cognitive Science) “CAMKII and Synaptic Plasticity in the Mammalian Hippocampus”
Advisor: Susumu Tonegawa, PhD
Finny G. Kuruvilla
Harvard University (Chemistry and Chemical Biology) “Studies of the rapamycin-sensitive signaling network using genomics, chemical genetics, and small molecule microarrays”
Advisor: Stuart Schreiber, PhD
Mykol Larvie
Harvard University (Division of Medical Sciences-Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology) “X-ray Crystallography and Electron Microscopy of Cell Surface Receptors I. CD46, II. Transferrin Receptor”
Advisor: Stephen Harrison, PhD
Benjamin S. Leader
Harvard University (Division of Medical Sciences-Genetics) “Identification and Characterization of Formin-2, a Gene Required for Meiosis in the Oocyte”
Advisor: Philip Leder, MD
Irwin H. Lee
Harvard University (Biophysics) “The Role of Putaminal Activity in the Generation and Suppression of Movement”
Advisor: John Assad, PhD
Michelle A. Lee
Harvard University (Division of Medical Sciences-Cell and Developmental Biology) “Endogenous Activin-like Signals in the Early Xenopus Embryo: Regional Specification and Timing of Smad2 Phosphorylation”
Advisor: Malcolm Whitman, PhD
Jeffrey P-C. Lin
Harvard University (Division of Medical Sciences-Virology) “Epstein-Barr Virus Nuclear Antigen 3C (EBNA3C) Regulates Transcription through Viral and Cellular Factors”
Advisor: ElliottKieff, MD, PhD
Mireya F. Nadal-Vicens
Harvard University (Division of Medical Sciences-Neuroscience) “Signaling Mechanisms that Govern the Switch from Neuronal to Astrocyte Differentiation in Neocortical Progenitors”
Advisor: Michael E. Greenberg, PhD
Clark F. Schierle
Harvard University (Division of Medical Sciences-Microbiology and Molecular Genetics) “Protein Targeting in Escherichia coli”
Advisor: Jonathan Beckwith, PhD
Abraha Taddese
Harvard University (Division of Medical Sciences-Neuroscience) “Electrophysiology of Spontaneously Active Tuberomammillary Nucleus Neurons”
Advisor: Bruce Bean, PhD
Sohail F. Tavazoie
Harvard University (Division of Medical Sciences-Neuroscience) “The Development of Neural Connections from Retina to Thalamus: Maturation and Plasticity of Receptive Fields”
Advisor: R. Clay Reid, MD, PhD
Kenneth Y. Tsai
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Biology) “Investigation of the Rb Pathway by Genetic Manipulation in the Mouse”
Advisor: Tyler Jacks, PhD
David Wu
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Medical Engineering and Medical Physics) “Effects of Cellular and Tissue Pharmacokinetics on Control-Released Growth Factors”
Advisor: Elazer Edelman, MD, PhD
John C.H. Yoon
Harvard University (Division of Medical Sciences-Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology) “Transcriptional Regulation of Metabolism by PPARy and PPARy coactivator-1”
Advisor: Bruce M. Speigelman, PhD
Channing Yu
Harvard University (Division of Medical Sciences-Genetics) “Genetics and Genomics of GATA-1 Function in Hematopoiesis”
Advisor: Stuart Orkin, MD
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